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running linux voids warranty? alex goldman 07-03-2005
Posted by alex goldman on July 3, 2005, 7:02 pm
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 Are there laptop manufacturers that will refuse warranty repair if they find
Linux on the hard drive?


Posted by James Knott on July 3, 2005, 10:22 pm
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 alex goldman wrote:

> Are there laptop manufacturers that will refuse warranty repair if they
> find Linux on the hard drive?

With IBM, you have the option of sending the computer in for repair, without
the hard drive, so they don't need Windows on the computer to resolve
hardware problems.


Posted by BigJim on July 4, 2005, 1:09 am
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what I do is buy a second hard drive and put whatever I want on it.
When warranty comes into play I just put the original drive back in.
Dell will not honor the warranty if it does not have the original config on
it
> Are there laptop manufacturers that will refuse warranty repair if they
> find
> Linux on the hard drive?




Posted by alex goldman on July 4, 2005, 12:06 am
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BigJim ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting )

> what I do is buy a second hard drive and put whatever I want on it.
> When warranty comes into play I just put the original drive back in.
> Dell will not honor the warranty if it does not have the original config
> on it

I've been thinking about that myself. Does anyone know if the same policy
applies to compaq presarios ? Should I just call them and ask (to have some
minimum-wage employee in customer service make up an answer on the fly) ?


>> Are there laptop manufacturers that will refuse warranty repair if they
>> find
>> Linux on the hard drive?



Posted by bobb on July 4, 2005, 1:53 am
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wrote:

>I've been thinking about that myself. Does anyone know if the same policy
>applies to compaq presarios ? Should I just call them and ask (to have some
>minimum-wage employee in customer service make up an answer on the fly) ?



No-no-no-no-no-no NO. Nen-Oh.

Ideally, when u buy anybodys machine, u run it as configured. No fancy
tweaks, no weird configs like street Job wants to do. Every time u
call for tech supp, they give u the full interview to make sure that u
didn't do anything to break it, 'cuz for sure, hardware don't break by
themselves without the human, and they won't do anything unless u have
everything current 'cuz otherwise they don't know how to fix u. 'Cuz
that's what their tech manual says. Did u reboot? Well, u should
reinstall OS then.....

Please, don't be tech virgins, Just do the second HD suggestion and be
done with this. Don't worry, u will need that HD upgrade soon
anyways!






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